Design for fun

Here you can see some precious paper gems that we developed and produced for our Clients over the last years. Either designed from scratch or based on our Paper Toys, these products always involve an immense research work – in disciplines as diverse as history, geography, architecture, sociology, mythology, biology and ecology – besides the pedagogical, functional, psychological and cultural inherent characteristics.

Thank You to everyone – in the NGOs, Museums, Monuments and Companies -, that inspired us to continue our work.


Client – DARWIN TREE OF LIFE

Britain and Ireland Habitat Postcards

The Darwin Tree of Life Project aims to sequence the genomes of all 70,000 species of eukaryotic organism in Britain and Ireland.

A genome is the full DNA code each living thing has, and this code contains the information that the living thing needs to grow, live and reproduce.
By reading these codes we can learn a huge amount about how nature works, how we can help nature thrive through conservation efforts, and how it can help us by providing new tools for medicine and biotechnology.

Britain and Ireland contain a huge variety of life forms – collectively called biodiversity. Each postcard displays two of the habitats our scientists are working in to find all the different species in Britain and Ireland.
There are also four named species included, and each of these is a lifeform whose genome we have sequenced or are currently sequencing as part of the Darwin Tree of Life.
DNA is a long string of four chemicals, that we represent as the letters A, T, G and C. Once you’ve cut the species out, you may notice that each has a short sequence of these letters on the back.
This is a section of DNA, and you can decode it to find out more about these species, and others we’ve been working on, by visiting our website www.darwintreeoflife.org/postcard or by following the QR code on this postcard.

source Darwin Tree of Life


Client – PIKNIKA

Đakovo Cathedral

The Đakovo Cathedral or Cathedral basilica of St. Peter (Croatian: Katedrala bazilika Svetog Petra) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek in Đakovo, Croatia.

Đakovo Cathedral is the biggest sacral newly built building of Croatian historicism.

The St. Peter Cathedral in Đakovo is the town’s most famous landmark and the most important sacral object. The cathedral was built 1866-1882 under Josip Juraj Strossmayer, who was the bishop of the Catholic diocese of Đakovo and Srijem. The architects of the cathedral are Carl Roesner and Friedrich von Schmidt from Vienna.

The landscaped park from the 19th century near the bishop’s palace is a horticultural monument under special protection as well as the nearby Small Park (Mali Park) dating from the turn of the 19th/20th century. Đakovo Cathedral was built in 4 years, and another 12 years was spent decorating the inside.

source Wikipedia


Client – WWF Switzerland

WWF Switzerland Donation Request – Turtle Paper Toy

We’re happy that the Turtle Paper Toy helped WWF Switzerland in their donation request for 2019.

Therefore an urgent request to you: Support today WWF’s measures for the protection of the oceans and all its inhabitants with your donation.

Visit WWF Switzerland website

So that marine animals can continue to develop, they need your help. Two-thirds of the earth’s surface is water. But only 4.8% of them are under protection. To protect sea creatures, at least 30% of the oceans must be protected. But that requires consistent action from different partners like companies, authorities, industrial fishermen and you too!

The oceans are important to us humans – enormously important. They feed us with food, produce oxygen, regulate the climate and provide habitat for around one million species of animals. Only – what do we humans do with this unique source of life? We pollute them with plastic, oil or pesticides. And as if that was not bad enough, we overfished the waters even to collapse.

English text translated from original German text by WWF Switzerland


Client – BOS Switzerland

Orangutans Paper Toy for BOS Switzerland

To save the orangutan from extinction, PUKACA is donating 0,50 euro of its income derived from this Orangutans Paper Toy to Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Switzerland.

For 15 years, this non-profit organization has aimed to protect orangutans and their habitat — the rainforest of Indonesia. For that purpose, BOS Switzerland supports the programs of BOS Foundation in Borneo, Indonesia. BOS is running the largest primate rescue and rehabilitation program in the world.

Visit BOS Switzerland website

Since 1991, BOS has rescued more than 3000 orangutans and, since 2012, released 386 orangutans back into the wild after up to nine years of rehabilitation.

Furthermore, BOS is managing and protecting huge areas of rainforest. Together with volunteers, BOS reforests destroyed areas and engages in community development to generate alternative and sustainable sources of income, as well as to improve local health care and environmental education.

Orangutans are a so-called umbrella species. By protecting orangutans in their natural habitat, a whole plethora of other flora and fauna depending on the orangutan are also protected. Protecting their habitat is as important to humans as it is to wildlife.

text by BOS Switzerland


Client – Speyer Cathedral

Speyer Cathedral Paper Toy

Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen in Speyer, Germany.

In 1981, the cathedral was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List of culturally important sites as “a major monument of Romanesque art in the German Empire.

Begun in 1030 under Konrad II, with the east end and high vault of 1090–1103, the imposing triple-aisled vaulted basilica of red sandstone is the “culmination of a design which was extremely influential in the subsequent development of Romanesque architecture during the 11th and 12th centuries.

It is considered to be “a turning point in European architecture”, one of the most important architectural monuments of its time and one of the finest Romanesque monuments.

source Wikipedia


Client – BAUM | EQUOSOLIDALE

Gods Paper Toys for Chocolate Eggs

The sweetness of fair trade chocolate combined with surprise paper toys made with 100% recycled paper.

These 3 series of 12 Paper Toys – 12 Egyptian Gods, 12 Greek Gods and 12 Nordic Gods – was developed to be placed inside Equosolidale’s PONCHITO Organic Milk Chocolate Eggs. Each series has Paper Diorama with extras as a prize for those who have a sweet tooth and collect 6 characters of each series.

Sold exclusively by Equosolidale


Client – BAUM | EQUOSOLIDALE

Wild Animals Paper Toys for Chocolate Eggs

The sweetness of fair trade chocolate combined with surprise paper toys made with 100% recycled paper.

These 3 series of 12 Paper Toys – 12 Dinosaurs, 12 Tropical Forest Animals and 12 Forest Animals – was developed to be placed inside Equosolidale’s PONCHITO Organic Milk Chocolate Eggs. Each series has Paper Diorama with extras as a prize for those who have a sweet tooth and collect 10 characters of each series.

Sold exclusively by Equosolidale


Client – BAUM | EQUOSOLIDALE

3D Paper Toys for Chocolate Easter Eggs

The sweetness of fair trade chocolate combined with surprise paper toys made with 100% recycled paper.

The sweetness of fair trade chocolate combined with surprise paper toys made with 100% recycled paper. This series of 6 Paper Toys was developed to be placed inside Equosolidale’s Easter Eggs.
Embeded with the spirit of eco-friendly surprises designed and produced by PUKACA, and with the Fair Trade ingredients of a Organic Milk Chocolate Egg, made these Chocolate Easter Eggs into one of a kind product. This series has a Paper Diorama as a prize for collecting the 6 Paper Toys.

Sold exclusively by Equosolidale


Client – DER RÖMER SHOP

Mount Olympus Paper Toy & Circus Maximus Paper Toy

In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, “Olympus” was the name of the home of the Twelve Olympian gods of the ancient Greek world. This was conceived of as a lofty mountaintop, and in all regions settled by Greek tribes, the highest local elevation tended to be so named, among the numerous peaks called Olumpos in antiquity are mountains in Mysia, Laconia, Lycia, Cyprus, Attica, Euboea, Ionia and Lesbos, and others. Thessalian Olympus is the highest peak in any territory with Greek settlement and came to be seen as the “Pan-Hellenic” representative of the mythological seat of the gods, by at least the 5th century BC, as Herodotus (1.56) identifies Olympus as the peak in Thessaly.

The Circus Maximus (Latin for greatest or largest circus; Italian: Circo Massimo) is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine Hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire. It measured 621 m (2,037 ft) in length and 118 m (387 ft) in width and could accommodate over 250,000 spectators. In its fully developed form, it became the model for circuses throughout the Roman Empire.

source Wikipedia


Client – DER RÖMER SHOP

Pyramid Paper Toy & Sphinx Paper Toy

Numerous pyramids were built in ancient Egypt to adequately bury the deceased from the royal families of the ruling dynasties. Ruling pharaohs found their resting place together with their wives and children in one of the richly decorated burial chambers. The interior of the burial chamber was always very valuable. Grave goods of inestimable value, gold and precious stones were recovered by researchers and archaeologists.

The most famous sphinx is the Sphinx of Giza. Sphinxes are usually built as male lions with a human head. In their function they serve as guardian figures in front of temple entrances.

text by Der Römer Shop


Client – LOJA DO MUSEU DE MARINHA

Caravel Paper Toy

The Caravel was a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. The lateen sails gave it speed and the capacity for sailing windward (beating). Caravels were used by the Portuguese and Castilians (Spain) for the oceanic exploration voyages during the 15th and 16th centuries in the Age of Discovery.

source Wikipedia


Client – FUNDAÇÃO DE SERRALVES

Casa de Serralves Paper Toy

Originally conceived as a private residence, the Serralves Villa and the surrounding Park were commissioned by the 2nd Count of Vizela, Carlos Alberto Cabral (1895−1968), on the grounds of his family’s former summer residence on the outskirts of Porto. Designed and constructed between 1925 and 1944, the Villa is considered the most notable example of an Art Deco building in Portugal. In 1996 it was classified as a ‘Building of Public Interest’. In 2012, the ensemble of the architectural and natural heritage of the Serralves Foundation was accorded the status of National Monument.

text by Fundação de Serralves
Sold exclusively by Serralves Bookstore


Client – FUNDAÇÃO DE SERRALVES

Serralves Paper Toy

Serralves is a unique reference within Portugal’s landscape gardening history and symbolises a process of learning and knowledge of the conditions of transformation of the territory, in terms of space and time during a specific cultural context: Portugal and the 19th and 20th centuries.

text by Fundação de Serralves
Sold exclusively by Serralves Bookstore


Client – MUSEU DA MARIONETA

D. Roberto Paper Finger Puppets

In Portugal glove puppets are called Robertos, and Roberto is also the star of most stories.
Until the beginning of the 20th century it was usual to see these colourful puppet theatres on the streets, in village squares, and in gardens and beaches throughout the country. Young and old people, children and adults would listen to the first treble sound of the reef and enjoy the comic stories those puppets played with skilful pace.

text by Museu da Marioneta
Sold exclusively by Museu da Marioneta



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